NGC 10
NGC 10
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
217k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 10 as it looked roughly 318 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7812Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 1531Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 7645Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1579Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 7636Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1531Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 7645Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1579Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 7636Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral61 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).